In this photo provided by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese icebreaker Xuelong, or Snow Dragon, is harboured in Shanghai, after an 85-day scientific quest across the Arctic Ocean, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. (Pei Xin/Xinhua News Agency/Associated Press)
CBC: Pentagon warns of risk of Chinese submarines in the Arctic
China has shown interest in the region for years and may be mapping submarine routes
China's growing involvement and interest in the Arctic could pave the way for a strengthened military presence in the region, including the deployment of submarines to act as deterrents against nuclear attack, the Pentagon said in a report released on Thursday.
The one-page assessment of the potential Chinese threat in the Arctic is included in the Pentagon's annual report to Congress on China's armed forces and comes amid growing interest within the U.S. military to beef up its own operations in the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of the world.
The Pentagon's assessment notes that China has increased activities and engagement in the Arctic region since gaining observer status on the Arctic Council in 2013.
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